Iron in body metabolism

Abstract Iron is essential nutrients, excesses or deficiencies of which cause impaired cellular functions and eventually cell death. Systemic iron deficiency generates cellular iron deficiency, which in human results in diminished work capacity, reduced intellectual capacity, diminished growth, alterations in bone mineralization, and diminished immune response. Iron is similarly required in numerous essential proteins, such […]

Distributions of Metals (Cadmium, Lead, Iron, Manganese, Zinc and Copper) in Water, Aquatic Plant and Fish in the River Nile

Abstract Concentrations of cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu ) were measured in water, Ceratophillyum demersum (C. demersum) aquatic plant, and the muscle, gill, liver, blood and kidney of Claries lazera fish (C. lazera) collected from nine sampling stations (districts), Beni Suef, Elfashn, Beba, Somosta, Ehnasia, Elwasta and […]